Chapter 1 : "Selection"

-You don't think it's exaggerated?, I mean, fire the gardener because he cut a bush badly?, it's ridiculous

-Not for me,- I said while Amanda, my maid, was squeezing the cream-colored corset over my trunk-

-Anyway, have you talked to Eirene?- He said biting an apple and then making a grin of disgust-

-Why do you want to know if I'm talking to Eirene?

-I think you'd ride

-well, yes, but not now - I said while my maid helped me to put on my cream dress with bulky sleeves and straight neckline -

-I don't know if I like you more with or without clothes.

-As if you had the privilege of seeing me without her.

-I shall, -said he, looking directly at me-

-When I am queen I will forbid you to enter my room.

-Yes, and I am the countess Gabriella.

I roll me eyes

-I thought you didn't want to be queen

-No, but I must be, and I want to get it right

-For that the strange training?

I nodded my head

-Mrs. Charlotte is very strict with punctuality, I wait and do not make me late this time- I said when Amanda left my room-

- Me?

I looked at him

-You may come early, but you are still here -he smiled-

-I have to remind you how he almost broke my arm when I tried to leave?

- It was an accident!

-Whatever

-You're the one who shouldn't be here- I point out-

- but you love that I'm here

I couldn't help smiling

I went to leave a little kiss on those soft lips, but the only thing I got was:

-I have a limit, don't go over it, cerezita

-Can't I kiss you anymore?

-I remind you that the last time you tried you were almost buried underground.

-What? You're gonna bite me - irony -

- I'm considering

I turned my eyes again and walked away, at which he ran the curtain of my window a little and said:

-Someday you will, but not for now

-Will you go in broad daylight? - question before he left -

- do I have other options?

I did not answer

-That's what I thought -he whispered and went out the window, leaving me alone in the room-

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- LILITH!-Listen to charlotte's cry and I hurry down the giant stairs of the palace-
 

-I'm coming, I'm coming- I screamed as I ran and held my dress so I wouldn't fall from my mouth to the floor-
 

- where did you stay, girl? -she scolded me and put her hands to the sides of her hips-
 

-Uhm, sure with that vampire -said Nila, my little sister only 11 years old-
 

- vampires inside the palace? -the voice of my mother made me not kill my little sister because of what she had said -
 

-Yes- nila said, shaking her head up and down-
 

-I have to call Sutra... -I looked at her-... Or is it someone we know? 
 

-He's lilith's boyfriend-
 

- It's not true! -I defended myself-
 

- what had we not solved that? -My mother asked me-
 

I have not answered
 

-If your father finds out, you won't want to know what he could do- she continued-
 

-If I may, your majesty - I was surprised by charlotte's kind tone- I think princess Lilith must have bars in her Windows-

- excuse me? -My stupefied mother said-
 

-Amanda, her maid, told me this morning, but the lady had threatened her because of it, there have been no reports about the visits the princess has- she said.
 

Damn Amanda is going to pay me
 

-visitors - she look me- I am beginning to consider the bars
 

-Mother... Don't you think putting bars on my Windows would deprive me of the little freedom I have to see for myself?
 

-But if we let you ride a horse, and also go with Eirene to lunch in the yard, do not be a victim now, and finish your classes with miss Charlotte; Then I shall settle the matter of... visitors  -she smiled and left, waving her velvety red dress with golden details -
 

-Well, then,- said charlotte, recovering every day all that is strict and bitter -now, lesson 15 on page 456, how to walk well...
 

The class was boring, as always, "hiw ti wilk will" 
 

Damn charlotte, because of you my feet hurt now for having bandaged them
 

I was cursing about my foot pain and Amanda would already see, when the window opened, making way for moonlight and letting my beautiful vampire see
 

-I arrived at a bad time- he looked at me, it was already dark, so I just brought my thin soft fabric tunic that I used to wear to sleep, it was white, platinada, like a pearl, with pink on the edges of both the top and bottom, and only reached my knees, plus I had forgotten to brush my hair and it was a mess-
 

-Something like that
 

- did you now what happend? -He sat on the bed-
 

Just when he did, next to him I saw a boy about 3 years old, I guess.
 

-My little brother, his name is Stephano, I wasn't going to bring him but he was insistent and ... - He shrugged-
 

-Hello- I told stephano- I'm...

-Lilith -interrupted me-

- do you know me? -I asked him, and he nodded -how?

-He may have heard me speak of you -he hastened to say before his younger brother spoke-

- Anyway, -I went back to the subject, what thing happend?

- the letter

-What letter?

-The one that go to the ... -pause- ... 4 kingdoms, said that we should all meet at the statue of the golden Phoenix before midnight

-I didn't know Nothing -I mentioned shocked-

-At the end say that the midnight thing was in consideration with us, and they also signed it with the name Balrog

-When? -I asked-

-Tomolow night -said Stefano, settling into my bed -

-What are you doing -i asked-

-Sleep -he mention obvious- Etra said that I could sleep here because there in my house it was not safe and here it was -he covered himself with my blanket-